by royhkim on March 10, 2010
Sometimes you have to spend money to save money. If you want to have longer eyelashes and do not want to use eyelash extensions, I would STRONGLY urge you to buy Latisse.
Latisse is a prescription drug only that you apply to your eyelashes, every day, for about 3 months. Your eyelashes WILL grow longer and thicker. To maintain the results, no one really knows what a maintenance schedule should be, but I recommend about 3-4 times a week, indefinitely, to maintain the longer eyelash growth. If you stop applying Latisse, your eyelashes will go back to the shorter, original length.
Eyelash extensions are typically about $100-300 per session, are not permanent, and require maintenance every 3-6 weeks. The cost of Latisse is actually lower than that, and you will have your own natural eyelashes. To me, it’s a no brainer- get a prescription for Latisse soon!
by royhkim on March 9, 2010
Yikes! I have been BOMBARDED with emails about how to really reverse Botox! I know, the original post is a bit coy.
So, the answer is YES- you can reverse Botox. If you have the unfortunate complication of eyelid ptosis, where you eyelid droops because the Botox drifted into your levator aponeurosis, then your doctor needs to prescribe an alpha-adrenergic agonist, which stimulate the muscle to contract. Typically, these are given as eyedrops. The side effect is that you may become much more light sensitive as you use the eyedrops. The generic names are “apraclonidine” and “pheylephrine”, and they have various brand names throughout the world.
Yes, at least in the US, you need to get a doctor’s prescription to get these medications. You should NOT read this post and just assume that you know what you’re doing- you should consult with a doctor regarding this, and anything else. You should follow the doctor’s directions until they eyelid ptosis/ eyelid droop dissipates. Typically, it takes a couple of days, but every human will vary a little.
Again, and I’m being a little pompous here- any doctor doing a procedure should know how to do the procedure as well as how to treat potential complications of the procedure. If your Botox/ Dysport injector doesn’t know this secret on how to reverse Botox, or the dosage, or the directions of how many eyedrops to give, or how frequently, or what to look for, etc., then I would gently suggest you find someone who knows.
